Stories, Dreams & In Between Exhibition

My 4th solo exhibition 'Stories, Dreams & In Between'
was pulled down a couple weeks ago.

I am so very very happy with how it all went.

 

The show was well attended during it's run and

the closing reception was wonderful and very busy with over 200 people coming through.

 

I wish I could have bottled up the energy and good vibes I was receiving.

I wish I could have recorded all of the amazing comments and

lovely conversations & connections made...

it was humbling and exciting and had me buzzing for quite some time after.

 

It was an awesome realization that I really really needed at this point in time...

that people love my work and
that it's striking chords with young and old and male and female.

 

It was also a great chance for me to let people read the quirky little stories I come up

with for some of my characters...I admit, I was REALLY nervous to do so

but they got such great response.  I saw people reading every single story I put up, laughing and smiling and turning around to grab someone to share it with...I LOVED THAT. It felt priceless.

 

All my thanks to the W.K.P Kennedy Gallery, to Alex Campbell the director,

to Sheila the indispensable gallery docent/volunteer.  To all my family & friends who came out

and to everyone else, known & new who came by, your encouragement means the world...

it was truly wonderful, my favorite showing yet.



Stories, Dreams & In Between

Here's the poster and write up for my upcoming solo exhibition 

 

Spring is on its way finally!

We’ve been in this deep white freeze for much too long now

and Mandy Saile’s upcoming exhibition “Stories, Dreams & In Between” is the perfect way

to usher in spring with lots of fresh bright colours and an abundance of joyful whimsy.

 

With this collection of coloured pencil and mixed media works

Mandy will show mostly newer pieces but also a few of her older favorites as well. 

The theme is just as the title suggests, pictures about dreams; ones dreamt of and ones longed for, fantastical stories for a motley crew of quirky characters and a few images where the viewer

can decipher if the story is based in myth or truth or somewhere in between. 

This exhibition opens to the public in Gallery 1 of the W.K.P Kennedy Gallery

on April 26th with a closing reception on May 16^th

in conjunction with the Downtown Gallery Hop.

The artist will be present at the closing reception and loves to chat about her work.

Mandy encourages adults to bring their kids, for her images are for adults and children alike. 

 

Solo Exhibition

I am booked for another gallery exhibition.

 

This will be my 4th solo show.

 

This time around it'll (hopefully) be all brand new works (if my head cooperates) and all figurative.
The message of this exhibition will again be along the same theme that I always try
to hit with my work...one of connection & kindness to animals & to our own tender hearts.

 

I am excited.

 

I am excited because I know that when I have a gallery show coming up,

I'll be pushing myself to do the more conceptual pieces that I really enjoy making the most.

My last show was 'Birds of a Feather' and it was a cool showing BUT
When I think on a year of work where I was really super crazy in love with what I was making,
it wasn't for that exhibition but for my solo exhibition a few years back in 2009
called 'A Woman's Work' (click here to see the archive site).

I want to capture that feeling of utter pride & excitement with my work again this time around.
Exhibition work just tends to be a time when I make the pictures where my story-telling &
messages can flourish and grow in more depth and with more room.

Sometimes blogging can be passive-aggressive, ha ha

because it over time quietly captures me into this tight cycle of doing smaller, quicker works

for the sake of making sure I am continually showing you all new pieces!
I always try to do a fair balance of new artwork, life sweetness's & rabbit goodness...
I am not at all saying that I am not in love with what I've been making & showing you, not at all,

It's just time to do some more conceptual figurative pieces that tend to take a tad longer to make,
and I've been feeling that need for a shift in artwork...which is why I jumped on the offer to exhibit.
 

 

But whiles I will not let this show be all consuming like my last exhibition was!
I will allow myself to work on what I need to work on so I can feel awesome about what I am showing....and my dear little blog will just have to follow suit!

because the images I have in mind for it are pieces that must be made even if I wasn't having a show.

They've been tugging on my creative heart for a long while now,

begging to make an appearance outside of my sketchbook! 

So in order to bring them to life, I'll succumb to the fact that perhaps

I'll be showing you more 'works in progress' more often.

But you all won't mind that will you?!!

You all seem to like it when I show you

the beginning & middle parts of pictures and not just the end results? 

 

So my show is next year.
The public run is slated for April 26 to May 16 of 2014
at the WKP Kennedy Gallery in my small city of North Bay.

and I am sending out a giant wish to the universe...
I want this show to travel to other galleries far beyond my little town.
I want to use this exhibition to push myself further
to exhibit and get into galleries I've never shown in before.  To reach new audiences.

I don't quite know how to do it, even with my gallery history/background BUT I'll figure it out!!!

SO, if you are a gallery director or you know one, or you think my work would suit a
cool gallery in your part of the world, send me a message & lets chat!